Kitchen appliance

Abstract

A housing in a kitchen device, in particular, a household fruit press, includes an electric motor and a circuit board, both of which can be simply mounted. The motor and board are to be simply assembled in the housing by configuring the mounting as a hollow cylinder with elastically spring-like wall segments.

1. An electrical kitchen appliance having an electrical motor, a motor connection comprising:
 a motor mount configured as a hollow cylinder with an open front wall, said motor mount mounting said electrical motor therein through said open front wall; 
 the kitchen appliance has a circuit board with counter-retaining devices; 
 said mount has board retaining devices connecting with the counter-retaining devices of the circuit board; and 
 wherein the circuit board has an opening allowing access to the electrical motor in a direction from said open front wall to the motor. 
 
   
   
     2. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the electrical motor has counter-retaining devices; 
 said motor mount has a longitudinal extent and an exterior wall divided into wall segments in a direction of said longitudinal extent; and 
 said wall segments have retaining devices connecting with the counter-retaining devices of the electrical motor. 
 
   
   
     3. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the counter-retaining devices are openings on an exterior wall of the electrical motor; 
 said wall segments have an interior and detents on said interior; and 
 said detents act in combination with the openings. 
 
   
   
     4. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said mount and the electrical motor have matching devices for clearly defining a position of the electrical motor in a rotational direction of the electrical motor in said mount. 
   
   
     5. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said mount has wall segments; and 
 said retaining devices are located on said wall segments. 
 
   
   
     6. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 5 , wherein:
 said open front wall has a front end; 
 the circuit board has openings; and 
 at least two of said wall segments have board projections protruding over said front end of said open front wall, said board projections configured to be pushed through the openings of the circuit board. 
 
   
   
     7. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 5 , wherein:
 said open front wall has a front end; 
 the counter-retaining devices of the circuit board have openings; and 
 said board retaining devices of said mount are board projections on at least two of said wall segments, said board projections protruding over said front end of said open front wall and pushed through the openings of the circuit board to connect the circuit board to the mount. 
 
   
   
     8. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein said motor mount has an exterior wall of a flexible material. 
   
   
     9. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 8 , wherein said material is plastic. 
   
   
     10. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 1 , wherein the electrical motor has electrical connections inserted through the opening of the circuit board. 
   
   
     11. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 the circuit board defines openings with fastening projections in said openings; and 
 said board projections have slits into which the fastening projections protrude. 
 
   
   
     12. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 7 , wherein:
 the circuit board defines openings with fastening projections in the openings; and 
 said board projections have slits into which the fastening projections protrude. 
 
   
   
     13. A kitchen appliance, comprising:
 a housing; 
 an electrical motor including an edge at least partially formed by an exterior wall of the motor; 
 a cylindrical motor mount disposed within the housing and including:
 an open end for receiving the motor; 
 at least one flexible wall segment extending axially along the mounting; and 
 a detent disposed on the flexible wall segment and projecting radially inwardly, the detent engaging the edge to retain the motor within the motor mount; 
 
 a circuit board including at least one board opening; and 
 at least one wall projection extending in an axial direction from at least one of the wall segments near the open end and engaging the circuit board opening to connect the circuit board to the open end of the motor mount. 
 
   
   
     14. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 13 , wherein the motor includes a motor opening at least partially formed by an exterior wall of the motor, the edge at least partially defining the motor opening and the detent engaging the opening. 
   
   
     15. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a projection slit formed in the at least one wall projection; and 
 a fastening projection projecting from the circuit board into the board opening and engaging the projection slit to connect the circuit board to the motor mount. 
 
   
   
     16. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 13 , wherein the circuit board defines an access opening and electrical connections of the motor extend through the access opening. 
   
   
     17. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 13 , wherein the kitchen appliance includes a fruit press. 
   
   
     18. A kitchen appliance, comprising:
 a housing; 
 an electrical motor including multiple motor openings at least partially formed by an exterior wall of the motor; 
 a cylindrical motor mount disposed within the housing and including:
 an open end for receiving the motor; 
 multiple flexible wall segments extending axially along the mounting and spaced apart by wall slits; and 
 multiple detents disposed on the flexible wall segments and projecting radially inwardly, each detent engaging one of the motor openings to retain the motor within the motor mount; 
 
 a circuit board including multiple board openings; and 
 multiple wall projections with each wall projection extending in an axial direction from one of the wall segments near the open end, each wall projection engaging one of the circuit board openings to connect the circuit board to the open end of the motor mount. 
 
   
   
     19. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 18 , further comprising:
 multiple projection slits with each projection slit being formed in one of the wall projections; and 
 multiple fastening projections with each fastening projection projecting from the circuit board into one of the board openings, each fastening projection engaging one of the projection slits to connect the circuit board to the motor mount. 
 
   
   
     20. The kitchen appliance according to  claim 18 , wherein the circuit board defines an access opening and electrical connections of the motor extend through the access opening.